-
Despondency and impatience is getting to me now
I knew this would happen at times and I have read a lot on here about the projectry of weight loss not being linear and slowing down at times, or long periods at one point, but now that its happening to me I am starting to get frustrated. I havent really 'lost' any weight on the scale (not always reliable I know) for 18…
-
Calories in bread pudding?
I mean proper bread pudding, the sort that would knock someone out if you threw it hard enough. Like your nan used to make. I bought some in a farm shop today. Mine is 175g and my partners chunk is 225g. The closest thing I can find on the database from an actual brand I know is Greggs, one slice is 400 cals. Does this…
-
How many calories do you lose per day per lb that you lose?
Not sure how to explain this, I started off at 282lbs and my calorie goal for the day was 1890. I have now lost 18lbs and my calorie goal is 1790. So is it approximately around 100 calories less per day for each 18lbs you lose or is it based on a ratio of your size so say for someone who is half my weight, they might only…
-
Nearly a thousand calories in a dinner largely 'just' from vegetables
My tea tonight is a microwaved pot of cabbage 280g, 400g of pre prepared roasting vegetables, 80g of feta and olive mix, 100g of pickled beetroot and a handful of cherry tomatoes. I put 25g of grated cheese over the roasted veg. Years ago I wouldnt have even considered the calories in that because its 'healthy'. It will…
-
Im having a 'fluctuation' please reassure me!
I am now just at the end of my 8th week and have/had lost 16lbs. My calories are set to 1lb per week. Previous attempts to lose weight have been hampered by an 'all or nothing' attitude where the slightest deviation in weight loss is seen as failure and then I throw it all away. I am also incredibly greedy and have had to…
-
Fitness trackers?
How useful are these? I do next to no exercise, I do some cycling at the weekend, perhaps a walk (not far). I doubt I do more than 1000 steps a day but obviously Im not sure exactly how many. I am mainly sedentary. I want this to change the more I lose some weight because at the moment its just too much hard work and…
-
Four new potatoes the size of golf balls
Any idea what the calories might be, I dont eat potatoes usually so cant rely on my instinct. Im thinking 150g?
-
A lower calorie (as best can) cheese sauce without using 'low fat products'
How low can this go without using low fat cheese or milk. I also do not want a roux based sauce if possible but will consider this. My normal method of making a cheese sauce is to use single cream, thinned out a bit by milk, warm it in the pan, grated cheese poured into that and just keep stirring until the cheese is all…
-
The site has all gone wrong? Ive lost 92lbs!
Except I havent, Ive lost 15 and have 50 to go (initially) but it says Ive lost 92 and have 160 to go!
-
Can someone help me measure a curry?
Ive just ordered sag paneer, tarka dhal and a starter which is a chicken tikka wrap, slices of chicken tikka wrapped in a nan. It wont be here for ages, over an hour to deliver for gods sake. Hope I dont raid the cupboard so I dont know what it looks like yet. Any ideas?
-
How badly have you ever misread a calorie label and got a horrible shock later?
Today has not been a good day for me. I set off for work knowing that I would be in court most of the day and thats really difficult. I have lots of calories left over from yesterday (not on purpose) so I thought well I might have a mcdonalds for breakfast, lunch and then a fish and chip tea. I dont use mcdonalds for food…
-
My scales are erratic, I get different readings within minutes
This is very annoying. We had some fairly standard analogue scales which were fairly consistent (at least I think so) but I couldnt see them very well and had to get my partner on his hands and knees to read it properly, even though they had a big scale on it. So I bought some digital scales. These are by Salter so a well…
-
What changes are happening if I lose 5%, 10%, 20% etc of my body weight?
I have now lost 5% of my body weight and hope to ultimately lose over 30% in the next couple of years. Are there any known positive side effects in terms of changes to your body that these set percentages result in? Obviously I know less weight on my joints and less chance of heart attack/stroke etc but Im wondering about…
-
Weight trending app/programme for Samsung phone and laptop?
I am not sure if I want to do daily weighing yet but have been reading various threads about this with interest. I do get very worried and affected both ways when there is change on the scale and so Im interested in the theory that if you weigh every day and trend it, it could lower that anxiety and reaction. However I am…
-
Reliable site for calorie calculations?
I am not finding this site particularly accurate or consistent for calorie counts. As an example, I wanted to look up fresh raw salmon per 100g. There seem to be various different numbers in this website. So I then looked at Tesco as an example to find that different products (which are all fresh raw salmon) also had…
-
How to manage going on holiday (UK based)
I have just started, hopefully for the last time, to get my weight under some sort of control. I need to lose 10stone really but have set my goal at 4st 7lbs (63lbs) as this would achieve me being able to fit into a wetsuit which is my goal. I started on Monday and have been doing well. But, we have a long holiday coming…
-
Irritating calorie anomalies from food manufacturers
This is very annoying. I have got some stuffed mushrooms from Lidl for me tea. On the packet it says that per 100g, they are 195 calories. However on the very same panel it says that the calories per half pack (102g) is 199 but the pack contains 250g, although as I write this I realise I have not weighed it, so it might be…
-
The predicted weight loss when filling in food diary?
I am new to this website and have started losing weight again. I am confused by the 'prediction' at the bottom of the food diary when you finish entering your foods for the day. My goals are for 1lb per week so I am set for slow loss. So give or take in 5 weeks I will be hopefully 5lb lighter if all goes well on paper…
